Check-in for a flight: how to do it?
Within 23 hours before departure you can check-in online via the website
or Lufthansa App: select your seat and print out your online boarding pass or have it sent to your mobile phone. Your mobile boarding pass replaces a printed boarding pass. It can be scanned directly from your iPhone or Android Phone at the Bag Drop desk, security, boarding gates and presented as you board the aircraft.
For further information please visit the online check-in instructions page.
You must check in by the deadline for acceptance shown on your ticket to ensure departure on time.
Even if you have already checked in online, by email or by SMS, you must already be in possession of your boarding pass and have deposited your luggage by the following times at the latest:
- Domestic flights and Schengen area flights: 45 minutes before the flight
- Long-haul international and non-Schengen flights: 60 minutes before the flight
If you are a passenger with a disability, we recommend that you arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight departure to permit optimal organisation of assistance. For more information, visit the "Assistance" page.
Check-in counter opening and closing times are to be considered valid even in the event that a delay in the flight has been announced.
Passengers are obliged to report to the gate by the time printed on the boarding pass in their possession.
If they do not show up for boarding on time, their reservations will be cancelled, and they will not be entitled to any compensation or to rebooking on the next flight, except as stated in the rules for the fare category of their ticket.
Check-in the day before departure (or late-night check-in) is available at certain stations.
To check the relevant rules and at which airports late-night check-in is available, please refer to Lufthansa website.
Please note that, unfortunately, late-night check-in could be not available for some destination/airline companies.
